And just what are those “standards of decency”.
“standards of decency”
I like to say, there ought to be an app for that. They vary with time and place and person and circumstance. That is to say, their “standards” aren’t standard at all. They’re just what the people in power at the moment want you to do.
“Academy - a society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, or scientists, that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field.”
“Academy” of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences? Standards?
The greatest talents within this so-called “academy” are the folks behind the camera. Cinematography, effects, sets, costumes, music. Those folks deserve to be called artists and scientists, and deserve rewards for talent and ingenuity.
As for the actors, heh, well, they can do scripts. Nothing else.
From Wikipedia, the free encycloped.
“1934 Motion Picture Production Code cover
The Motion Picture Production Code was the set of industry moral guidelines that was applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from 1930 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, who was the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945. Under Hays’ leadership, the MPPDA, later known as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), adopted the Production Code in 1930 and began strictly enforcing it in 1934. The Production Code spelled out what was acceptable and what was unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States.
From 1934 to 1954, the code was closely identified with Joseph Breen, the administrator appointed by Hays to enforce the code in Hollywood. The film industry followed the guidelines set by the code well into the late 1950s, but during this time the code began to weaken due to the combined impact of television, influence from foreign films, bold directors (such as Otto Preminger) pushing boundaries, and intervention from the courts, including the Supreme Court.[1][2] In 1968, after several years of minimal enforcement, the Production Code was replaced by the MPAA film rating system.”
So what I get from this is that Hollywood replaced the standards of decency back in the 50’s with the MPAA ratings system which seems to have gone downhill ever since. IOW there is no standard and the Awards ethics statement is pretty much hollow words. If you don’t have ethics a policy isn’t going to change you. Roman Polanski is an example.
And just what are those “standards of decency”.
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Exactly. Watch a typical Hollywood movie and see standards that are sick, obscene, perverted, filthy, course, rude, dangerous, unhealthy and worse.
So now? Now Hollywood is clutching their peals at how they themselves have mirrored those standards for decades?
Rich. This is just too rich.